Business

In the words of Midnight Oil (who once graced the stage at the Bangalow Bowling Club), “you wouldn’t read about it!” Or would you? The photo above was taken at midday, on a clear, warm late spring day in October when the club should have been in full swing. But, as of the morning of Friday 24 October, the Bangalow…

Building a thriving future for a rare and ancient breed of cattle is the passionate concern of a small group of Australian farmers – the most active of whom are to be found in the countryside around Bangalow, reports Digby Hildreth.

Few towns are lucky enough to have a local shopfront displaying works by artists represented in major public collections across the world, but that’s exactly the enviable position we Bangalowians have been in for nearly eight years now, thanks to Grant Rasheed and his gallery, Ninbella.

Bun Coffee celebrates two decades of dedication to roasting excellence, local flavour and connection to the 2479 community, writes Sally Schofield.

“Money is like manure,” says long-term Bangalow resident John Bennett. “It’s made to spread around; if you pile it up, it stinks.” Which is why the 82-year-old has devoted the past third of his life to ensuring money is spread around where it’s needed, an undertaking that earned him the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for services to the community…

Greg Nash travelled to Sydney to attend the AGM of Norths Collective after having earlier submitted a number of hard-hitting questions and comments regarding the lack of progress on promised club renovations and improvements, poor member communication over the last 12 months, and the current unsettled management and staffing issues.

Sally Schofield chatted with Joan Leeds, licensee of the local post office, to find out the secrets of her success and tips for wrapping packages in the lead-up to Christmas.

You’ve heard the rumours. It’s true. From Saturday 7 December, the Bangalow Farmers Markets will be operating out of Piccabeen Park, not in the carpark behind the pub. After months of waiting while the Development Application wended its way through Council corridors, permission was finally granted for the markets to start at Piccabeen Park on a “temporary trial” which ends…

2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the Cater family’s Rug Shop – the last 23 years of which have been spent enriching the main street of Bangalow. Georgia Fox spoke with proprietors Anne and Milton to learn more.

The story of how Abracadabra came to be, 50 years ago this year, paints a picture of a very different time in an almost unrecognisable place. “Terminal to trendy,” laughs proprietor Hamilton Du Lieu of the transformation he has witnessed the town go through over a half century of enormous change. The 70s saw Bangalow very down on its luck….

“I have no other reason to be here, other than I care about the viability of Australia’s wildlife,” says Coorabell resident Delvene Delaney, who’s in the middle of one of her many volunteer sessions at the Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital at Knockrow.

Some people move to the Byron Shire to build a personal palace. Others come to find a pleasant subtropical environment to live, work and raise a family. And there’s another new breed which takes a totally different approach. This is the story of a ‘social enterprise’ project emerging in the Bangalow Industrial Estate, with a refreshingly caring, community-oriented goal. Christobel…